Tag: Bolangir

Patnagarh: The Bolangir police seems to have got  crucial leads in the parcel bomb blast case as two suspected persons of Boudh district have been detained, sources said. Sources said cops suspect strong connections between the two detainees of Boudh and the mysterious parcel bomb blast case. Both the suspects are now being interrogated by […]

Bolangir: Tension prevailed after a constable died in a road mishap near Gandhinagar area in Bolangir district on Sunday. The deceased identified as Mrutyunjay Kuanr was posted at Belgaon outpost under Saintala police limits. The incident occurred when Mrutyunjay, who was out on a morning walk, was hit by a speeding truck. He died on […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development in the ‘Wedding Gift Blast’ case, police today recorded the statement of the critical bride undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. As per sources, Patnagarh police recorded the statement of the newly-wed bride under Section 161 CrPC in presence of the magistrate and logged it […]

Bolangir: Police on Saturday intensified probe into the loot of a mini-truck laden with explosives from a godown at Dunguripali near Belpahar in Bolangir district. According to reports, nearly 20 to 25 miscreants had stormed into the licensed godown and decamped with the mini-truck loaded with explosives during Holi celebrations yesterday. Suspecting the involvement of […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP legislature party leader and Patnagarh MLA KV Singh Deo today requested Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for CBI or NIA probe into wedding gift explosion that killed a newly-wed man and his grand-mother while leaving his wife seriously injured in Bolangir’s Patnagarh. In separate letters to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Police seems to be groping in dark in connection with the wedding gift blast incident in which two persons including a newly-wed groom were killed four days back in Bolangir’s Patnagarh. Moreover, Raipur’s Skyking courier that had received and later delivered the ‘killer parcel’ at the house of the deceased Soumyasekhar Sahu is now […]

Cuttack: In what could possibly determine the next course of investigation into the mysterious ‘wedding gift blast’ case, police on Sunday zeroed-in on the name of the sender. Sources said the parcel was sent from Raipur by one RK Sharma as revealed by Bolangir police after conducting a preliminary probe into parcel bomb explosion in […]

Bolangir: A day after a newly-wed groom & his grandmother were killed while the bride was seriously injured in a parcel bomb explosion in Bolangir, police has intensified its probe. As per preliminary investigations, the parcel was dispatched to the couple as a ‘marriage gift’ from Raipur of neighboring Chhattisgarh through Skyking courier services. Senior […]

Patnagarh: In a tragic incident, a wedding gift received by a couple exploded killing the groom and his grandmother while critically injuring the bride in Patnagarh of Bolangir district today. Earlier in the day, the elderly woman succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the Bolangir hospital. Later the groom died on the way to […]

Bolangir: Some patients in the paediatric ward of the Bolangir District Headquarters hospital, on Wednesday, were administered saline that had crossed their expiry date – November 2017. However,  this was noticed by the attendants of three patients in the ward who spotted the expiry date  and informed the hospital authorities. The saline bottles were immediately […]

Bolangir: Two persons were killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle on National Highway 26 near Loisingha College Square in Bolangir district last night. As per sources, the deceased Gopinath Bania and Durjyodhan Naik of Kusmel village were returning on a motorcycle from Digasira in Sonepur when they were hit by a vehicle. Locals […]

Bolangir: At least three persons were critically injured after two groups clashed over a minor argument at a market near Gopalji Temple in Bolangir on Wednesday. As per sources, the incident was a fallout of a minor argument between a few local people which soon snowballed into a clash after more people joined the tussle […]

Titlagarh: In a shocking incident, a youth hacked his uncle to death with an axe over family feud at Dandara village in Bongamunda block of Bolangir district last night. As per the allegation received by police, the deceased Ramesh Padhi, working as a priest at Punjipathar temple was returning home after offering prayers when his […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to attract faculty members for the newly-opened medical colleges at Baripada and Koraput and three upcoming colleges at Balangir, Balasore and Puri, the State government today announced a hike in salary of contractual medical teachers. As per the announcement, the salary of contractual professors has been increased to Rs 1.25 lakh […]

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed and 15 injured in separate road mishaps across the State today. A truck hit a car near Jarpada in Angul following which one of the car passengers was killed whereas two sustained critical injuries. In another road accident, eight persons were injured when a picnic bus returning from Tirthgada of […]